To think women aren't 'birds'?

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Plumber arrived about half an hour ago. Was just making a cup of tea for him and then hear him on the phone to his mate, asking, "What bird is it? Is it that Lisa bird? On Saturday night?" Then proceeds to talk about how he doesn't like a particular TV programme but "you have to watch it if you've got a bird." And lots more high quality "banter".
AIBU to want to spit in his tea? Not to actually do it, but to want to?

Yeah... yuck

Birds and fellas around here. No idea why birds is even a name for women though.

😂😂

Yanbu, but thanks for the chuckle!

Sqawk!

No yanbu.

I don't think It's nice but it's part of their cultural demographic. Now nurses calling me and mine "love", "dahlin" "mum" is a whole other level of wrongness as they wish to be respected as professionals.

HAAAAATE it! Especially when it's chuggers calling me "Luv" or "Babes". *throwing up in my mouth thinking about it

He's called me 'love' several times as well.

But he's a tradesman. Get a brew on to take your mind off it.

At least it's not you he's calling it (small mercies and all that). Man in shoe repair shop got v put out when I said that the price he told me was fine but please not to call me 'love'. He said 'alright darling, no need to be rude'. I left. He looked surprised.

YANBU
He will probably want to use your toilet and leave Tradesmen Skidmarks as well unfortunately

X posts op!
I'd tell him not to call you love. It's cheeky and over familiar and patronising.

Spit in his tea. Say you were only being friendly.

Of course we are birds. Chicks are birds...

ducks

Jeremy Kyle calls them BIRDS!

Horrible sexist way to refer to women. I hate it!

I don't watch Jeremy Kyle, someone told me he said it.

I hate it. It's considered "common" low class where I'm from.

I hate babe, chick, hun, honey, love, darling, but bird doesn't bother me and I am unsure why. I've even used it myself on occasion.

Nip, I can't. Electricity is turned off. Just to add a further grumble, he was meant to say a specific pass phrase when I opened the door to him, to prove he was genuine. That's one of the company's policies, and I'd given him a great Game of Thrones quote. He didn't say it... Just turned up with his company t-shirt in a company can so I didn't have the excuse to ask him to. Gutted!

I think it's because - rightly or wrongly - I don't see it as sexist.

Van, not can!

He's taking the piss. Piss in his tea.

I say it too Donald. Doesn't bother me at all.

Call a friend, make sure he can hear you and very loudly say you have
the "Plumbum" working in your house
(I believe we get the name plumber from the Latin name for lead which is "Plumbum" )
or
Plumby
or
Drippy (my fav)
or
Leaky

Sorry I know it doesn't answer your question, but it may give him a taste of his own medicine

Yep birds pick up worms, this is my stock reply if I ever hear men say it.